A new study suggests that gut microbes played a key role in the evolution of larger brains in primates by influencing energy ...
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Gut microbiota from primates with larger brains promotes glucose production and energy allocation for brain function, ...
Research indicates that the complex behaviors used in human language and tool making, such as organizing actions into sequences, may have evolved in our common ancestors with chimpanzees. This study ...
Researchers show gut microbes may have fueled brain evolution by optimizing energy use. Experiments revealed that microbes in ...
The human environment is a very social one. Family, friends, colleagues, strangers - they all provide a continuous stream of information that we need ...